Re: [AD] odd problem with WindowsXP + allegro

["Javier Gonzalez" <Xavier_Gonzalez@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It didn't fix any of the two :(

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Botcazou" <ebotcazou@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Allegro conductors" <conductors@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [AD] odd problem with WindowsXP + allegro


> > After more research, it looks like the program which was generating this
> > was trillian pro (which use a non-standard skin), after closing it,
> > allegro programs work as expected
> >
> > Also I noticed that putting an always-on-top program (like winamp) below
> > an allegro window (windowed mode) cause the updated parts of winamp (say
> > the bar minivisualization or the moving title) to show  in the allegro
> > window. (and trying to move the allegro window when this happens
produces
> > a nice crash)
> >
> > Probably this could be fixed chaning the z-order of the allegro window?
> > top top topmost when it gets the focus probably?
>
> Could you try to set the HWND_TOPMOST bit very early and see if it solves
> both problems (fullscreen and windowed) ?
>
> Add
>
>     SetWindowPos(wnd, HWND_TOPMOST, -100, -100, 0, 0, SWP_SHOWWINDOW);
>
> in src/win/wwnd.c:create_directx_window()
>
> --
> Eric Botcazou
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